4 Tiny, Weird Places in the World: Geological Misfits

There's 4 special places on the planet that are relatively normal, just weirdly... small. Like, a miniature desert, or a teensy volcano. But when you look a little closer, there’s a lot more to these tiny geological misfits than meets the eye. Learn all about them in this new episode of SciShow!

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Sources:
A special thanks to Bruce Bennett, wildlife biologist & coordinator at the Yukon Conservation Data Center, for answering our questions about the Carcross Desert!

Smallest Desert
https://ygsftp.gov.yk.ca/publications...
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/...
Smallest Mountain Range
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3024/fs...
https://www.csus.edu/indiv/h/hausback...
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...
Smallest Volcano
https://jnp.chitkara.edu.in/index.php...
https://www.slideshare.net/HugoBerald...
Smallest Active Volcano
https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn...
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/taal
https://earth-planets-space.springero...
https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/types....

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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1322
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ima...
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